Although the essays on orchestra governance are still the standard for learning what you need to know about orchestra administrators, you can now use this handy Venn diagram to see how each department interacts with other groups of orchestra stakeholders…
An illustrated view of how orchestra administration departments interact with other stakeholder groups (click to enlarge).
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” – Abraham Lincoln
“You can piss off all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot piss off all the people all the time. Unless, of course, you’re an orchestra executive.” – Drew McManus
The 11/21/15 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer published an article by Peter Dobrin that paints a dreary picture for the Philadelphia Orchestra Association's (POA)…
People care if critics are pissed off? 🙂 Seriously though, I completely spaced on the critics although I did try to include the audience. Unfortunately, it started to look messy. Nonetheless, that just means there’s room for future diagrams!
That diagram omits pissed-off audience members and pissed-off critics, you know. 🙂
People care if critics are pissed off? 🙂 Seriously though, I completely spaced on the critics although I did try to include the audience. Unfortunately, it started to look messy. Nonetheless, that just means there’s room for future diagrams!
Hilarious and absolute truth!